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Iraq vote recount calls rejected

March 21st, 2010 Arab News No comments

Iraq’s election commission rejects calls from the president and prime minister for a recount of votes in the general election.
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Israel responds to US demands

March 20th, 2010 Arab News No comments

Israel's Prime Minister has responded with a 'no' to demands made by the US, as well as Russia, the EU and the UN, to cancel the construction of settler homes in East Jerusalem.
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Haiti PM begs for earthquake aid

January 26th, 2010 Arab News No comments

Haiti’s prime minister begs donors to back rebuilding of his quake-hit country and to boost aid.
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Iraqi parliamentary elections shrouded in controversy

January 23rd, 2010 Arab News No comments

US Vice President Bidden in Iraq to meet with Prime Minister Malik about election blacklist
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Israel ‘to keep W Bank presence’

January 21st, 2010 Arab News No comments

Israel’s prime minister says it must maintain a presence along the border of a future Palestinian state to stop weapons smuggling.
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Bomb explodes outside Greek parl’t

January 10th, 2010 Arab News No comments

Prime Minister Papandreou condemns attack on parl’t in Athens, vows ‘democracy will not be terrorised’.
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Netanyahu: Settlement freeze only temporary (AP)

December 1st, 2009 Arab News No comments

A Palestinian construction worker is seen at a site of a new housing development in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Jewish settlers in the West Bank clashed Tuesday with government inspectors sent to enforce a ban on new construction on territory Palestinians claim for a future state. There were no reports of injuries, but the reports said inspectors were blocked from entering the settlements. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP – Israel’s prime minister emphasized Tuesday that his 10-month freeze on new housing in the West Bank is a one-time measure that will not be extended.

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Netanyahu: Prisoner swap not a done deal (AP)

November 24th, 2009 Arab News No comments

VIDEO: Hamas release footage of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Originally filed: 021009. Duration: 0:49(Israël 10)AP – Israel’s prime minister is trying to temper expectations that a deal to free a long-held Israeli soldier is imminent.

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Lebanese PM-designate bows out of forming Cabinet (AP)

September 10th, 2009 Arab News No comments

FILE - In this Thursday, June 25, 2009 file photo, Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri gestures as he arrives at the Parliament in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Hariri said on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 that he is abandoning efforts to form a new government after parliament minority rejected his proposed list for a national unity Cabinet. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)AP – Lebanon’s prime minister-designate abandoned efforts Thursday to form a new government, throwing the country into more political uncertainty after the Hezbollah-led parliament minority rejected his proposed Cabinet.

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Hariri gives up bid to form Lebanon unity government (AFP)

September 10th, 2009 Arab News No comments

A handout picture shows Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri speaking after meeting with President Michel Sleiman at the Beiteddine presidential palace, southeast of Beirut. Hariri announced that he was stepping down as Lebanon's prime minister-designate, accusing the Hezbollah-led opposition of blocking weeks of efforts to unlock a political stalemate.(AFP/Dalati and Nohra)AFP – Saad Hariri announced on Thursday that he was stepping down as Lebanon’s prime minister-designate, accusing the Hezbollah-led opposition of blocking weeks of efforts to unlock a political stalemate.

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